💈 🪒 💈 🪒 SOTD - “Cheapie” Theme Week - July 29th to August 4th, 2024 💈 🪒 💈 🪒

[SharpieB]

Hello again, B&Bers!

This week’s SOTD Theme is “Cheapie Shaving Setups”.

Let’s try to be frugal this week and use some of our least expensive shaving gear!

This week, put away the $300 Silvertip badger brushes, Wolfman razors, KAI and Med Prep blades, Creed and Tom Ford colognes and $50 tubs of soap! Bring out your dollar store razors and blades, Walmart fragrance clones, that puck of Williams soap you bought a few years ago for $1.99, etc.

We want to see your inexpensive soaps, razors, aftershaves, fragrances, blades and any other shaving accessories that didn’t cost an arm and a leg. Show us and tell us all about what you use that is inexpensive. If you bought a rare vintage razor at a thrift shop for dirt cheap, that counts too!

Nothing cheapie themed? You must be rich! But please still post a pic of your usual shaving setups. Or post pics of your usual SOTD or just tell us all about it. Let’s see lots of cheapie themed posts this week!

As always, the weekly themes are just a suggestion. We encourage you to post or shoot photos of your Shave Gear of the Day regardless of the theme as sticking with the theme is NOT mandatory but encouraged.

Let’s see your Cheapie shaving gear!

 

[primotenore]

Sunday, July 28

ETHOS Succés~~Simpson X3~~Wolfman WR2/Sharp Star~~Creed Aventus
Have a great day!
"This week, put away the $300 Silvertip badger brushes, Wolfman razors, KAI and Med Prep blades, Creed and Tom Ford colognes and $50 tubs of soap!"
oops...
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[ram57]

Menthol Monday SOTD

Razor: Wolfman WR2
Blade: Tomac Super Stainless Steel (D1)
Brush: Semogue Shave Nook Final Edition Boar 26mm
Bowl: The Distinctive Goat Style 3 5" Maple\Walnut
Pre-Shave Scrub: PAA Ice Cube 2.0
Pre-Shave Balm: 3P
Shave Soap: The Holy Black Ruby Red Creeper
Butter: Saponificio Varesino Puro Burro di Karitè
Aftershave: The Holy Black Ruby Red Creeper​

 

[Hairy Callahan]

Oh, this is gonna be an easy SOTD week. I have some seriously cheap shaving gear. Whoever dreamed this theme week up almost had to have been spying into my shave den. No whiskers left for today, so I'll be back tomorrow with a tale of a shave that would make a 1930s depression era shaver proud. Soup line shave. Oh yeah. This is gonna happen. Home of the "nickel shave".

 

[m949]

Monday, July 29, 2024

Pre-shave: cold water splash / YBN Glycerine ($2)
Razor: Yaqi Vostok 1.05 DC with Razorock Superknurl handle ($60)
Blade: Astra SP ($ 0.20)
Brush: ARNO 26mm Classic #12, Gen5 synthetic ($35)
Bowl: DSC scuttle ($8)
Soap: Smoking Monster - Red Dragon, tallow ($6)
Aftershave: Barrister and Mann - Seville ($20)
Aftercare: Lily of the Desert - Aloe Vera Gel ($10)
EdP: Byredo - Oud Immortel ($220...ooopsie)​

 

[Chard52142]

Mon 29
Soap Ariana & Evans London
Aftershave Clubman Sweet Rum
Brush Yaqi 24mm Cavern Lake
Razor Wade & Butcher 7/8 Steamship Wedge
A lovely soap, brush, and splash...superb lather and beautiful scent.
I enjoyed a satisfyingly smooth and efficient shave with this excellent hefty razor removing 3 days of growth...

 

[Noire]

San Kan 1074
Maseto 28
Ethos Violeta
Shiseido AS

 

[Garry357]

SOTD Monday 29 July

• Razor Gillette Slim Adjustable (5) J4
• Blade Feather Hi-Stainless Platinum
• Pre-Shave Pears soap (Mint)
• Brush Omega Pro 48 boar
• Cream Palmolive – Coconut Extract
• Post Shave Nivea Sensitive Pro Moisturizer
• Aftershave Brut Splash
• Balm Nivea – Sensitive Post Shave Balm

The Morning Shave.
The Feather blade was in my 1964 Gillette Slim Adjustable today.

I missed a Saturday shave, an opportunity to use the Feather Hi-Stainless today.
A very comfortable light shave, very smooth face & head shave. No nicks or discomfort.
The Omega Boar brush has broken in well and easily produces a rich dense lather.

 

[ajkel64]

1) Portugal: Brush Semogue Galahad Boar.
2) Italy: Shaving Soap Vegetale Sapone.
3) England: Razor 1950’s Gillette Ball End Tech.
4) India: Razor Blade Gillette 7 O’clock Green.
5) France: Alum Block Osma.
6) Germany: Aftershave Balm Nivea Men Sensitive Post Shave Balm.
7) USA: EDT Calvin Klein Eternity For Men.

 

[Str8_Shaver]

July 29, 2024

Prep: Hot towel
Razor: Merkur 34C HD
Blade: Polsilver
Brush: Simpsons (Somerset) Duke 3 Best
Soap: Gentleman's Nod: Kensei (C4+)
Post: CeraVe moisturising lotion..
Fragrance: Invasion Barbare by MDCI Parfums

 

[ackvil]

Pre-Shave	Face wash with Cera Ve Face Soap
Soap/Cream	Razor Rock Classic
Brush	Rudy Vey (Shavemac Knot)
Bowl	Captains Choice Copper
Razor	Mergress XL
Blade	Wizamet
Aftershave	Thayers WH & Duke Cannon ASB
Fragrance	Yves Saint Laurent
Rating	10/10
Comments	This was the second shave with my Mergress XL and Wizamet blade. I have always liked adjustable razors because of their flexibility with settings. I usually keep the setting on 3+, which gives me a nice close shave. However, with the ATG pass, I put the setting on 2 by the mustache area. I used another badger brush today. Rudy Vey made the brush and it has a has a Shavemac two-band D01 knot. The Razor Rock soap was used for the tenth consecutive day. The result was a perfect shave. Have a wonderful day, folks.

 

[CapnPanther]

Monday
Pre-shave: Kiehl’s Facial Fuel /Cremo Sandalwood
Razor: RazoRock GameChanger .84P
Blade: Willy’s
Brush: Vulfix Boar/Badger Grosvenor
Soap: AoS Unscented Shave Cream
Aftershave: Alum/Thayer’s Witch Hazel/Floid Blue
Balm: Anthony All-Purpose Facial Moisturizer

 

[DeBladeRunner]

I will not post in this thread unless I can use my 400 dollar tub of sebum shaving soap..

 

[JacobW]

 

[Anchovie666]

MDC Monday Shave

First use of a Feather ProGuard. It was a bit sharper but delivered a nice shave.
Maybe it was the first shave on a new blade. I will try again tomorrow morning.

Razor: Feather SS Kamisori
Blade: Feather ProGuard Blade (1X)
Lather: Martin de Candre Nature
Brush: the Holy Black Horn Handle Badger
Post Shave: Alcolado Glacial Splash
Post Shave: Pinaud Classic Vanilla Splash
Post Shave: PAA Good Vibrations Aftershave

 

[Ron R]

GEMonday, July 29th, 2024

Razor : Gem G bar. Mfg 1955-58, milder to tame mid range. Well built to last generations, it has a excellent heavy chrome coating. In a skilled hand with good technique the results are excellent. Had a close comfortable stellar shave this morning.
Blade : Gem Personna SS PTFE(5) very sharp, excellent longevity, smooths out nicely, predictable + safest blade to handle.
Soap : Yaqi "The Green", nice scented fresh forest scent IMO with excellent lather qualities.
Brush : Yaqi "Viper" 24mm boar bristle knot. Excellent lather generator, soft split end bristle hairs, nice splay scrubber + great lather painter.
Pre shave : (Dedicated Cashmere synthetic)Brush wash whole face with CeraVe hand bar cleanser with a dollop of clear Aloe Vera on the cleaned beard area.
Prep : Cold water rinse after each pass of 2 + pickups. WTG + ATG + pickups.
Post shave : Yaqi "The Green" + a dollop of CeraVe moisturizing lotion(scentless).
Results : or CCS,DFS,BBs + no irritation + no weepers= Had a close comfortable stellar shave this morning with my Gem(ASR) "G" bar with a coated Gem blade.

Have some great shaves!

 

[Ted A]

Razor: Schick J
Blade: Schick (1)
Brush: Simpson Wee Scot
Pre-shave: Stirling Unscented soap
Soap: Taconic Urban Woods
Aftershave: Captain’s Choice Nor’Easter

Most of this shave was upper cheap level. But you can’t get too much cheaper than a used Schick injector. And bang for the buck is definitely with the Schick. Once I put in a new blade is was a great shave.

 

[Gian66]

 

[cryhavoc]

Monday SOTD

Schick I2 Hydro-Magic Injector
Schick Injector blade (13)
PAA Fresco
Semogue 1250 Boar
Skin Bracer​

 

[Stikeyoda]

Cheapskate SotN 7/29/2024
Lord L6 Shave​

Pre-shave: Palmer’s Cocoa Butter ($5 tub, less than a penny per use)

Razor: Lord L6 3pc safety razor ($6.43)

Blade: Lord Super Chrome came with razor

Brush: 29 Brush synthetic (garage sale 10 cents)

Soap: Murphy & McNeil Ouroboros free sample

Bowl: Haylis Artisan Goods PETG ($35, peenies per use)

Aftershave: Soap & Salve Pomegranate Argan ($5, pennies per use)

Balm: none